Lithopolis men to receive Red Cross award

6:17 AM,
Oct. 15, 2012

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LANCASTER -- After his father died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000, Eric Anderson wanted to do something for others needing blood.

Royden Anderson received 8 gallons of blood and 11 gallons of platelets during the last year of his life. All of that came from Red Cross blood donors.

"Some of the doctors said they couldn't justify giving him that much blood because he was terminal," Eric Anderson said. "You can only imagine how terrible of a thing that is for a family to hear. But other doctors said there was no problem because plenty of blood was available. I just wanted to make it good for other ...